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Endemicity of Zoonotic Trematode Metacercariae in Fish from Deokcheon-gang (River) in Sancheong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea

  • Sohn, Woon-Mok (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Na, Byoung-Kuk (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Cho, Shin-Hyeong (Division of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency) ;
  • Lee, Hee Il (Division of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency) ;
  • Ju, Jung-Won (Division of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency) ;
  • Lee, Myoung-Ro (Division of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency) ;
  • Park, Jeong-Gil (Infectious Disease Research Division, Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Government Institute of Health and Environment) ;
  • Ahn, Jihee (Infectious Disease Research Division, Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Government Institute of Health and Environment)
  • Received : 2021.10.09
  • Accepted : 2021.10.09
  • Published : 2021.10.31
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Abstract

The endemicity of zoonotic trematode metacercariae (ZTM) was investigated with total 871 freshwater fishes (19 species) from Deokcheon-gang (a branch stream of Gyeongho-gang) in Sancheong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea for 3 years (2018-2020). All fishes were examined with the artificial digestion method. The metacercariae of Clonorchis sinensis (CsMc) were detected in 233 (36.3%) out of 642 fish in 11 positive fish species (PFS), and their infection intensity was 27 per fish infected (PFI). Especially, in index fish, Puntungia herzi, of CsMc infection, prevalence was 64.2% and infection intensity was 37 PFI. Metagonimus spp. metacercariae (MsMc) were found in 760 (87.5%) out of 869 fish in 18 PFS and their infection intensity was 228 PFI. In sweet smelt, Plecoglossus altivelis, the prevalence of MsMc was 97.6% and their infection intensity was 3,570 PFI. Centrocestus armatus metacercariae were detected in 209 (29.4%) out of 710 fish in 8 PFS and their infection intensity was 1,361 PFI. Echinostoma spp. metacercariae were found in 293 (42.6%) out of 688 fish in 15 PFS and their infection intensity was 5 PFI. Metacercariae of Clinostomum complanatum and Metorchis orientalis were also detected in 2.7% and 21.2% fish in 4 PFS and their infection intensities were 3.1 and 3.4 PFI respectively. By the present study, it was confirmed that some species of ZTM including CsMc and MsMc are more or less prevalent in fishes from Deokcheon-gang in Sancheong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea.

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Acknowledgement

This study was supported by an Anti-Communicable Diseases Control Program, 2018-2020 (Investigation and analysis on the infections of zoonotic trematode metacercariae in fish intermediate hosts in the Republic of Korea) of Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA, 4837-311). We thank Jung-A Kim, Hee-Ju Kim, and Yeo-Jin Ryu, Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea, for their help in fish examinations.

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